Missing person Michel Petit, 30, was last reported seen April 26, 2011, in the St. Henri district. Petit is listed as 5 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighs 170 pounds. He is white, with short black hair and brown eyes. Photograph by: Montreal police , Handout

Missing man linked to St. Henri drug scene: cops
The Gazette June 6, 2012

Missing person Michel Petit, 30, was last reported seen April 26, 2011, in the St. Henri district. Seeking tips from the public, Montreal police probing his disappearance set up a kiosk June 6, 2012 in the Atwater Market.
Photograph by: Montreal police , Handout

MONTREAL – Police operating from a temporary information kiosk in the Atwater Market on Wednesday are seeking tips from the public on the disappearance of Michel Petit, last reported seen just over 13 months ago.

“It is highly unusual for Mr. Petit to not provide news,” according to a Montreal police news release.

Petit, 30, “was believed to be connected with the drug scene in the St. Henri district,” the release added.

Ex-immigration consultant sentenced to community service
By Paul Cherry, Gazette Crime Reporter June 6, 2012 3:02 PM

MONTREAL – A former immigration consultant who counselled people on how to make false refugee claims has been given an 18-month sentence to be served in the community.

Svetlana Kiryanova, 44, of Dollard des Ormeaux, received the sentence Wednesday.

Quebec Court Judge Gilles Cadieux ordered her to follow a curfew for the 18 months and to complete 150 hours of community service.

Kiryanova was described in court as someone who benefited financially from a scam in which many people made false refugee claims, even though she was not in charge of the operation.

Her former fiancé was the head of the ring. He is currently serving a federal prison term.
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The human fingerprint is comprised of various types of ridge patterns, traditionally classified according to the decades-old Henry system: left loop, right loop, arch, whorl, and tented arch.

Report urges Canadian immigration to setup appeals process for biometric system

05 June 2012

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As Canadian immigration begins to implement their biometrics system for visa applicants, an internal report urges the government to create a proper appeals process for visa applicants who are rejected because the biometrics system says that their fingerprints do not match the fingerprints stored on the biometrics system.

“In the context of digital scanning of fingerprints, no biometrics system is perfect,” said the report, adding that two different fingers can mistakenly be matched, and measurements from the same finger can be rejected. “A documented process is required if there is a dispute about the decision on admissibility when the client’s dispute centres on the accuracy of the biometrics fingerprint evaluation.”

Quebec Solidaire Leader Amir Khadir comments on his arrest by Quebec City police Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Quebec Solidaire MNA Amir Khadir joins small group of arrested Canadian politicians
By Andy Radia | Canada Politics – 4 hours ago

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Quebec Solidaire MNA Amir Khadir was arrested Tuesday night for taking part in a student protest over the province’s proposed tuition fee hikes and its contentious Bill 78.

According to CBC News, Khadir, the National Assembly member for the Montreal riding of Mercier, was handcuffed and placed on a bus with other detainees after police surrounded a group of demonstrators in Quebec City’s Petit Champlain neighbourhood.

He was given a $494 ticket for violating Quebec’s Highway Safety Code and was released that night along with his fellow arrestees, Khadir’s spokesperson Christian Dubois said.

Christopher Husbands, charged with murder in connection with Saturday evening's shooting at Toronto's Eaton Centre. Photograph by: Kagan Macleod/National Post , Kagan Macleod/National Post

Blatchford: Bail conditions seldom work to protect the public
By Christie Blatchford, Postmedia News June 5, 2012

Christopher Husbands, charged with murder in connection with Saturday evening’s shooting at Toronto’s Eaton Centre.
Photograph by: Kagan Macleod/National Post , Kagan Macleod/National Post

TORONTO — The arrest of Christopher Husbands, the alleged Eaton Centre shooter, has inadvertently lifted the veil on one of the justice system’s dirty little secrets — the joke that a “recognizance of bail” often is.

The 23-year-old Husbands, who is charged with one count of first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder in the Saturday evening gunplay at the downtown mall’s busy food court, was ostensibly on “house arrest” as a condition of his bail at the time of the shooting.

Court documents show he had eight conditions attached to the bail.